Analysis of I'm stalling



My mind
is like a clumsily
layered wall,
that has a
few loose
bricks,

Don't try
to climb over
every thought
I've ever had
of you,

For you will climb
endlessly, and
stumble upon
 my heartbeats.


Scheme XXXXXX XXXXX XXXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (67%)
Metre 11 110100 101 110 11 1 11 1110 1001 1101 11 1111 1000 1001 11
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 178
Words 36
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 4
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 10
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 50
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted on February 21, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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